Chapter 45: The Distinguished Guest Arrives
readx;? Ziluo and the others are no exception! From the twentieth day of the lunar month, Ziluo and the others have also been busy cleaning, tidying up the house, and preparing things for the New Year. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Zishu said that he has made a lot of money this year, and this year will be more abundant. Ziluo and the others were even more energetic when they heard this, and they worked hard to clean up the house and enthusiastically prepare the New Year's goods.
Ziwei and Zitao and the three sisters are responsible for sewing and mending, washing quilts and clothes, wiping tables, stools, wiping everything that can be wiped, wiping the house inside and out, and then pasting the windows with new window paper, and then pasting all kinds of festive window flowers. Ziwei's first-hand window grilles are even more exquisitely cut, and they have won the true inheritance of their mothers.
The sub-trees are responsible for sweeping the snow from the roof, cleaning the roof, cleaning up the cobwebs and dust and other dirt from the high places in the house, and then preparing enough firewood to ensure a warm year.
When everything at home is cleaned up, everything at home is brand new, and all the New Year's goods are ready, the day will come to the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month.
On this day, Ziluo and her sisters are ready to start making the staple food to eat on Chinese New Year's Eve and New Year, white noodle steamed buns and dumplings. Dumplings they decided to make mainly pork and cabbage stuffing. Because there are a lot of steamed buns and dumplings to make, Ziluo and the others started making them early in the morning. In winter, the temperature is low, and the prepared dumplings are easy to freeze, so the dumplings can be kept for some time, and the skin is not easy to break. In this way, you can cook and eat whenever you want on Chinese New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve.
Who knows, Ziluo and the others just prepared the meat filling and dough, and a distinguished guest came to the door!
The person who came was Lao Zhou, and he gave Ziluo a New Year's gift!
Looking at the New Year's gift that Lao Zhou prepared for them, Ziluo and the others were stunned!
Half a fan of pork, a slaughtered sheep, two baskets of frozen pears, four large boxes of pastries, two large bags of white flour, two large bags of polished rice, each bag is about 100 catties, and two jars of peanut oil, which should add up to more than 50 catties, and then there are six fine cotton cloths.
Zishu of course they hurriedly resigned, who knew that Lao Zhou's attitude was very resolute, they had to accept Zishu, put down their things and quickly leave, and they didn't even stay for lunch.
Ziluo and the others knew that Lao Zhou was thanking them in disguise. Because Lao Zhou came to Ziluo's house a few days ago and told them that they had gone south this time, they really made a lot of money because of this persimmon.
Lao Zhou bought a total of more than 100,000 catties of persimmons this time and went south, and they sold persimmons in the south at an average high price of 15 yuan a catty, excluding costs and travel expenses, Lao Zhou also made a net profit of more than 1,000 taels of silver.
Ziluo still remembers the surprise in Zishu's eyes when they listened to Lao Zhou tell him about the process of selling persimmons along the way. Lao Zhou's experience seems to have opened a new door for them to understand, it turns out that the goods can still be sold like this, especially Zixuan, he has a strong interest in the business.
At that time, Lao Zhou took a hundred taels of silver to Ziluo and them, saying that it was to thank Ziluo and them that he could earn such a large amount of money, and when he asked Ziluo and them to help buy it, he said that he would reward Ziluo and them when the time came.
However, Zishu and Ziluo agreed that the reason why persimmons could be sold for so much money was related to Lao Zhou's own courage and luck, which had little to do with them, so Zishu and they refused to accept the one hundred taels of silver.
No, Lao Zhou will give them generous gifts instead. Lao Zhou's stubbornness really made Ziluo and them cry and laugh.
Not long after Lao Zhou and the others left, the shopkeeper of Jufangzhai actually came to the door in person. Today is really a succession of distinguished guests!!
The shopkeeper gave Ziluo a New Year's gift and also brought them the account book about the cake last month, Jufangzhai has a total of 30 branches in Baiyue City, but at present, the cake is only sold in Fucheng and a few more wealthy counties.
After all, this cake is still a mid-to-high-end luxury consumer product, and it is also unique in the price of dim sum in Jufangzhai, so it must be sold in a relatively wealthy place to have a market.
Therefore, Jufangzhai is currently only selling this cake in Jufangzhai branches in wealthier places, to be precise, there are currently eleven Jufangzhai branches selling cakes.
Since, Jufangzhai's cakes are sold in quantities, so its income is also easy to calculate, each store in addition to the cost and labor costs, there are probably more than 100 taels of income, and now there are 310 taels of silver in Ziluo's hands.
The shopkeeper gave Ziluo three silver tickets with a denomination of one hundred taels and ten taels of broken silver.
Zishu: They didn't fully react from the huge sum of three hundred taels until they left for a while.
"It's really three hundred taels of silver tickets! Ah Luo, we're rich!" Zi Tao took the silver ticket from Zi Shu's hand and looked at it several times before confirming that it was true.
"Second sister, calm down! It's just three hundred taels of silver, you look at those rich families, which ones are not rich, and these three hundred taels of silver are not in their eyes. If you think about it again, three hundred taels of silver can only buy thirty acres of middle-class paddy fields, not counting the dowry of our three sisters or something, and the eldest brother will only get ten acres of paddy fields in the future. That's not enough to see in our village. ”
Ziluo worked hard to guide Zishu correctly, and even her and Ziwei's dowry came out.
Ziluo saw that everyone seemed to have figured it out, so she continued: "Moreover, in the future, eldest brother, you will marry a wife and have children, so that you can share even less of your son's land." You say it's not much. The most important thing is that this cake can't be sold so well all the time, maybe it won't have to wait five years, someone will imitate the cake, and then where will we make so much money. Therefore, we must also strive to find a stable and reliable way to make money, and this is the way to development. ”
"Yes, Arlo is right, the foundation of our brothers and sisters is indeed very shallow. Therefore, we also need to work hard to find a stable way to make money. Moreover, we can earn this money this time because of luck, but our luck can't all be so good, we must know how to cherish blessings, don't always rely on luck. ”
After Zishu finished speaking, everyone nodded, it was indeed so.
"Don't worry, Ah Luo, the second brother will earn a lot of money for you as a dowry in the future. I heard that the eldest daughter of the forester's family in the town married several thousand taels of silver, and there were many fields and villages. I will definitely give you more dowries in the future, so that you will be more beautiful than when Miss Nalin got married. Zixuan also said excitedly.
The forester in the town is a rich squire who is very famous in all directions, and the marriage of the eldest lady of the Lin family two years ago can be described as ten miles of red makeup, and the scenery is infinite, and it is still talked about by people.
When Ziluo heard this, she decided to pretend to be dead! However, she was also very happy when she saw that everyone understood and reacted.
Ziluo and the others had just finished lunch, and the sound of horses' hooves came from outside the door, and it turned out that the shopkeeper Liu had come to the door to give the New Year's gift in person.
Ziluo and the others saw that the people in the town they had dealings with were all piling up to give gifts today, it seems that today is really a good day!
Bidding farewell to Shopkeeper Liu, Zishu said: "This year, Shopkeeper Liu, the New Year's gifts they gave were thicker than we expected. We may have to add some more to the New Year's gifts we have prepared. What do you think?"
Yes, although the New Year's gifts of Jufangzhai and Liuxianglou are not as heavy as Uncle Zhou's, they are not light! Especially since Liu Hong also gave Ziluo such a valuable birthday gift before.
Jufangzhai alone has a pair of pig's feet, two large fish, eight boxes of various pastries, six cloths, and a basket of silver silk charcoal. Not to mention anything else, it is this basket of silver silk charcoal, its price is not expensive, but people in the town who have a little family background dare not buy too much, because it is really expensive!
Liuxianglou sent more than 50 catties of fine pork belly, two large live chickens, two boxes of dim sum, and more than 100 catties of white rice. In the end, there were six pieces of cloth, and even some firecrackers for Ziluo and them to play with in the New Year.
"Why don't we make more dumplings, give them a hundred, and buy some eggs for each family, what do you think?" Ziwei muttered.
"I think the eldest sister's idea is good, and giving dumplings can best reflect our intentions for New Year's gifts. Ziluo also agreed.
"Okay, let's add two more plates of frozen tofu to each house. Zishu said.
"In this case, with the dumplings we need to prepare ourselves, we need to make a lot of dumplings. Otherwise, we will ask Aunt Chen and Sister Peach Blossom to help us do it, their family seems to kill pigs and make dumplings the day after tomorrow, and when the time comes, we can go over and help them. Ziluo suggested.
When everyone thought about it, there were hundreds of dumplings, how long would their brothers and sisters want to wrap them? Moreover, there were still many steamed buns to be made, so everyone thought that Ziluo's idea was very good.
Aunt Chen and Sister Peach Blossom knew their situation and agreed very easily. So, Ziluo's family began to make dumplings in full swing, and steamed buns came.
In the end, Ziluo proposed to make some more peanut rice balls, sesame rice balls and mung bean rice balls, and everyone thought it was a good idea.
Until the evening is in the palm of the day, everyone has just made the required dumplings, as for the dumplings and steamed buns, they will have to wait until tomorrow.
Ziwei saw that it was getting late, so she cooked some dumplings that she had just made, and then heated up the coarse noodles and gruel that she had eaten today, leaving Aunt Chen's mother and daughter to eat.
"You brothers and sisters have finally come out of it! Brother and sister, the two of them will definitely be very happy if they have a spirit in heaven. At the dinner table, Aunt Chen sighed.
"Daddy and Mom know that we are not hungry, and it will be very gratifying to have enough food and clothing. My eldest sister and I will definitely take care of our younger siblings. Zishu replied after a moment of silence.
"Yes, when my brothers and sisters went, you brothers and sisters were all yellow-skinned and thin-skinned, and there was no food or drink at home, and there was no land at home, and to be honest, everyone was worried that you would not be able to survive at that time. If you can't get through it, you may need help from the village. At that time, many people with shallow eyes said a lot of ugly things. Well, now not only do you not need their help, but you are also living well, and you have met so many noble people. It's a nice slap in the face!"
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